Welcome Aboard --- Just a idea that will always help you in the hobby , In MY OPINION. the main key in this hobby is RESEARCH in fact you will soon realize that 90 % of this hobby is Researching areas and only 10% actual field work. The forum is a great location to get more information from members to help in the location finding and sharing the knowledge of other members .
That being said, It makes it a lot easier to get assistance in research when you list a GENERAL LOCATION , ( EXAMPLE : located in North West Georgia or such ) that allows other members to PICK their brains for information they might have come upon over the years.
Look over some of the past threads on items or locations , You will see a vast amount of the information to aide you comes from other members past research of stories they have read
There are several examples , A Texas civil war bottoms ect frond , when the person gave a general location , they were many responses from members about the history of the area in which it was location
A member was seeking a CW federal prison camp in NY A member had actually lived in one of the converted buildings and gave great additional information
SO again welcome and Good luck on you quests
